Japan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. This marked the fourth time the country has played host to the Asian Winter Games. Japan competed in all eleven disciplines from five sports. Ice hockey player Go Tanaka was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.

Competitors
The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender.

Alpine skiing
Japan's alpine skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.


 * Men
 * Naoki Yuasa
 * Hideyuki Narita
 * Yohei Koyama
 * Tatsuki Matsumoto


 * Women
 * Emi Hasegawa
 * Mio Arai
 * Asa Ando
 * Emiko Kiyosawa

Biathlon

 * Men
 * Junji Nagai
 * Mikito Tachizaki
 * Yuuki Nakajima
 * Tsukasa Kobonoki
 * Kosuke Ozaki
 * Takuto Terabayashi


 * Women
 * Fuyuko Tachizaki
 * Yurie Tanaka
 * Rina Mitsuhashi
 * Sari Furuya
 * Asuka Hachisuka
 * Kirari Tanaka

Cross-country skiing
Japan's cross-country skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.


 * Men
 * Akira Lenting
 * Nobuhito Kashiwabara
 * Naoto Baba
 * Kohei Shimizu


 * Women
 * Yuki Kobayashi
 * Hikari Miyazaki
 * Chisa Obayashi
 * Kozue Takizawa

Curling
Japan has entered both a men's and women's teams.

Men's tournament
Japan's men's curling team consists of five athletes.


 * Yusuke Morozumi – skip
 * Tetsuro Shimizu – third
 * Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi – second
 * Kosuke Morozumi – lead
 * Koshuke Hirata – alternate

Japan has a bye in draw 3
 * Round-robin

Saturday, February 18, 9:00
 * Draw 1

Saturday, February 18, 18:00
 * Draw 2

Monday, February 20, 13:30
 * Draw 4

Tuesday, February 21, 9:00
 * Draw 5

Tuesday, February 21, 18:00
 * Draw 6

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30
 * Semifinals

Friday, February 24, 1:30
 * Gold medal match

Women's tournament

 * Satsuki Fujisawa – Skip
 * Mari Motohashi – Third
 * Chinami Yoshida – Second
 * Yurika Yoshida – Lead
 * Yumi Suzuki – Alternate

Japan has a bye in draw 3
 * Round-robin

Saturday, February 18, 13:30
 * Draw 1

Saturday, February 19, 9:00
 * Draw 2

Monday, February 20, 18:00
 * Draw 4

Tuesday, February 21, 13:30
 * Draw 5

Figure skating
Japan's figure skating team consists of twelve athletes. On February 7, 2017, it was announced that Kaori Sakamoto would replace Satoko Miyahara, because the latter had sustained an injury to her hip.


 * Singles


 * Mixed

Freestyle skiing
Japan's freestyle skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.


 * Men
 * Sho Endo
 * Daichi Hara
 * Ikuma Horishima
 * Kosuke Sugimoto


 * Women
 * Miki Ito
 * Arisa Murata
 * Kisara Sumiyoshi
 * Hinako Tomitaka

Ice hockey
Japan as the host nation has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division.

Men's tournament
Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes:


 * Yutaka Fukufuji (G)
 * Yuto Ito (G)
 * Takuto Onoda (G)
 * Yosuke Haga (D)
 * Ryo Hashiba (D)
 * Ryo Hashimoto (D)
 * Keigo Minoshima (D)
 * Kazumasa Sasaki (D)
 * Hiroto Sato (D)
 * Takafumi Yamashita (D)
 * Maruru Furuhashi (D)
 * Yushiroh Hirano (F)
 * Takuma Kawai (F)
 * Shuhei Kuji (F)
 * Masahito Nishiwaki (F)
 * Daisuke Obara (F)
 * Kenta Takagi (F)
 * Seiji Takahashi (F)
 * Hiromichi Terao (F)
 * Yuri Terao (F)
 * Go Tanaka (F)
 * Hiroki Ueno (F)
 * Takuro Yamashita (F)

Legend
 * G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward

Women's tournament
Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes:


 * Yurie Adachi
 * Yoshino Enomoto (F)
 * Moeko Fujimoto (F)
 * Nana Fujimoto (G)
 * Mika Hori (D)
 * Akane Hosoyamada (D)
 * Tomomi Iwahara (F)
 * Shiori Koike (D)
 * Mai Kondo (G)
 * Akane Konishi (G)
 * Hanae Kubo (F)
 * Ami Nakamura (F)
 * Shoko Ono (F)
 * Chiho Osawa (F)
 * Sena Suzuki (D)
 * Aina Takeuchi (D)
 * Naho Terashima (F)
 * Ayaka Toko (D)
 * Haruka Toko (F)
 * Rui Ukita (F)
 * Haruna Yoneyama (F)

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward

Short track speed skating
Japan's speed skating team consists of 10 athletes (five men and five women). The team was officially unveiled on January 9, 2017.


 * Men
 * Keita Watanabe
 * Ryosuke Sakazume
 * Kazuki Yoshinaga
 * Hiroki Yokoyama
 * Takayuki Muratake


 * Women
 * Moemi Kikuchi
 * Hitomi Saito
 * Sumire Kikuchi
 * Ayuko Ito
 * Aoi Watanabe

Ski jumping
Japan's ski jumping team will consist of four athletes (all men, as women's events are not scheduled to be held). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.


 * Men
 * Yukiya Satō
 * Naoki Nakamura
 * Masamitsu Itō
 * Yūken Iwasa

Snowboarding
Japan's snowboarding team will consist of ten athletes (four men and six women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.


 * Men
 * Ayumu Nedefuji - halfpipe
 * Shinnosuke Kamino - slalom/giant slalom
 * Yuya Suzuki - slalom/giant slalom
 * Takumi Miyazawa - slalom/giant slalom


 * Women
 * Hikaru Oe - halfpipe
 * Haruna Matsumoto - halfpipe
 * Kurumi Imai - halfpipe
 * Sena Tomita - halfpipe
 * Eri Yanetani - slalom/giant slalom
 * Asa Toyoda - slalom/giant slalom

Speed skating
Japan's speed skating team consists of 20 athletes (ten men and ten women). The team was officially unveiled on January 15, 2017.


 * Men
 * Takuro Oda - 1000 m, 1500 m
 * Shota Nakamura - 1500 m, 1000 m, TP MS
 * Ryosuke Tsuchiya - 5000 m, 10000 m, TP MS
 * Shane Williamson 1500 m, 5000 m, 10000 m, TP, MS
 * Seitaro Ichinohe 5000 m, 10000 m, TP (sub)
 * Taro Kondo 1500 m
 * Yuto Fujino 500 m, 1000 m
 * Tsubasa Hasegawa 500 m
 * Shunsuke Nakamura 500 m, 1000 m
 * Yuma Murakami 500 m


 * Women
 * Nao Kodaira 500 m, 1000 m
 * Miho Takagi 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, TP, MS
 * Mai Kiyama 5000 m
 * Misaki Oshigiri 1500 m, 3000 m, TP
 * Nana Takagi 1,500 m, TP, MS
 * Ayano Sato 500 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, MS
 * Arisa Go 500 m, 1000 m
 * Maki Tabata 5000 m
 * Maki Tsuji 500 m, 1000 m
 * Fuyo Matsuoka 5000 m